Sukkot (part deux)

I "helped" prepare one of the feast meals.

Crystal working the rolls.

Me helping. ;-)

Some brave souls are actually sleeping in tents.

I had to get some pictures of the tent all lit up.

Getting water from the well of Shiloah. :-)

I thought the water offering/ ceremony was very cool/ fun this year

Maybe I should/ would explain what's going on and what it's all about.

...but I have a baby in my arms and I'm typing with one hand.

AND even more importantly, my husband just got home with Cafe Rio.

Blowing the silver trumpets

Making a sukkah with the branches

Sukkot 09 (part uno)

Eating out in the Sukkah :-)

I'm a fan of this set up.

Both Kiah and Sharon (the worship leaders) were sick and not able to make it.

Banner Presentation

Erev Shabbat

Somebody's cute, chubby, redhead. :-)

And that concluded Friday night.

Fall Feasts

We're in the middle of observing the Biblical Fall Feasts. We started with Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur, and are now on the 5th day of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). Some people observe this feast by camping out, but it's a little cold for me, I'll settle for eating outside. :-) We're off to celebrate this weekend with our fellow messianics where we will have fellowship, eat outside in a tent, and do other fun things. I'm a liitle scared since they've still got the flu going around and if you ask me, it's the swine flu. (My dad and Kenneth have it I'm pretty sure) We're STILL trying to recover from the regular flu, so I'd rather not pick up something new.
Hoping all goes well.
Happy Sukkot!

Postpartum Blues

One of the many fun postpartum things we get to go through, (notice I said "one of") is hair loss. I'm shedding worse than an animal and between Aidan's cracker crumbs and my hair, I'm needing to vacuum all. the. time. (notice I said "need to", not that I am.)  :-) The hair loss is a result of hormone changes during pregnancy and you stop shedding hair like a normal person, then after you have a baby and your hormones change again, you shed all the hair that you should have lost during the pregnancy. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be bald before it's all said and done. What's really fun is after you're done shedding and your hair starts to grow back in, you get all these little short hairs that stick out everywhere...so maybe my hair will look like Ella's.

On another note, not directly related,............ or is it?

I'm feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and very depressed. I could use some cheering up.